Actor and multi-instrumentalist Brian Raftery joins us for a jam-packed episode as we dive into the week’s wildest art stories—from AI agents threatening blackmail to a photographer arrested at his own opening. Plus: a Sotheby’s sale that didn’t exactly break records, an Irish hotel mystery note, and a Dumas auction flip that paid off big time.

🪙 Sotheby’s Spring Sale – Giacometti tops the night, but the market stays cautious

🏨 The Hotel Wall Note Mystery – A wartime time capsule from 1943 Cork

🖼️ Dumas Sells Big – Miss January hits $5.1M, from a $22K buy

🤖 Anthropic’s AI Blackmail Drama – When simulated agents go full villain

🚔 Isaac Wright Arrested – NYPD shows up at a photographer’s own show

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t’s Episode 47 and we’re celebrating in style with super special guest Stuart Semple (@stuartsemple / @culturehustle) — artist, activist, and all-round icon. We chat first-hand about his ongoing legal battle with the Klein estate, his upcoming immersive installation in Jersey Zoo, and why creative freedom still matters.

PLUS, we serve up this week’s art stories with a side of sass:

– 🎂 Tate Modern turns 25… but has it swapped depth for dopamine?

– 🖼️ Art fairs reveal a widening price gap — is blue-chip dominance slipping?

– 🥔 A €1 million photo of a potato… and yes, it’s kind of amazing

– 🗽 A Black woman superhero lands in Times Square, and trolls can’t cope

– 🧫 Mould invades museums — it’s bad for art and worse for people

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Kleinish Blue: Go fund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-costs-help-me-fight-for-kleinish-blue

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Buy his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0760387036?tag=uklinktagdefault-21&geniuslink=true

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It’s our first birthday! 🎂 We’re spilling extra tea this week with painter Robert Jackson (@robertjacksonart) as we revisit some of the wildest, weirdest, and most wonderful art stories of the week — from trademark tantrums over Yves Klein Blue to a Met Gala controversy involving Rosa Parks, Henry Taylor, and… fake underwear?

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👇 Episode 46 Story List:

🎨 Easy Klein vs Yves Klein Estate – A legal battle over the colour blue

🗑️ Warhol in the Waste – Dutch municipality accidentally trashes an Andy Warhol

🌌 Before the Light Pollution – A viral look at simulated pre-industrial skies

🕉️ Buddha’s Relics for Sale? – A spiritual ethical debate on auctioning sacred items

👗 Met Gala Mayhem – Black style, Henry Taylor, and the Rosa Parks print mix-up

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